8 h. ago Gunmen kill nine in Johannesburg township in South Africa’s second mass shooting this month

Attackers wound 10 others in Bekkersdal after opening fire at people in a bar and ‘randomly’ shooting in the street, police sayNine people have been killed after gunmen opened fire at a bar outside Johannesburg in the second mass shooting in South Africa this month.Ten more were wounded in the early morning attack at the tavern in the impoverished Bekkersdal township in a gold mining area about 25 miles (40km) south-west of the city. Continue reading...

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8 h. ago Nine people dead after mass shooting at pub near Johannesburg

The incident occurred just before 1am local time outside the Kwanoxolo bar in Bekkersdal, a township 28 miles outside the country's largest city

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9 h. ago Man 'found naked holding human skull' as 'human flesh' discovered on rock

South African police were left stunned when a search of a storm tunnel revealed that a man had been found with a human skull in his hands, prompting a murder investigation

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10 h. ago ‘We are unbreakable’: defiance marks Bondi attack commemoration after PM is booed

Jewish leaders call for federal royal commission into Bondi beach attack that killed 15 people as huge crowd marks one week anniversaryVictims of Bondi beach shootingTen minutes of terror: how the Bondi mass shooting unfolded in real time – videoFollow the latest live updatesJewish leaders have called for a federal royal commission into the Bondi terror attack, as some members of the crowd booed Anthony Albanese on arrival at the commemoration marking one week since 15 people were killed on the first day of Hanukah.The president of the NSW Board of Jewish Deputies, David Ossip, said it “cannot be disputed” that a federal royal commission was needed, to loud cheers and applause from the crowd of up to 15,000 people gathered at Bondi, where a minute’s silence was held at 6.47pm, the time the attack began. Continue reading...

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14 h. ago Gunmen kill nine in Johannesburg township in South Africa’s second mass shooting within weeks

Attackers wound 10 others in Bekkersdal after opening fire at tavern patrons and ‘randomly’ shooting in the street, police sayGunmen killed nine people and wounded 10 others in an attack at a township outside Johannesburg, police said on Sunday, in the second mass shooting in South Africa in December.Police initially said 10 people were killed but later revised the toll. Continue reading...

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19 h. ago Australia marks Day of Reflection for Bondi Beach shooting victims

Australians are lighting candles Sunday to remember the victims of a mass shooting at a Jewish festival in Sydney's Bondi Beach

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25 h. ago The Bondi terror attack was designed to drive us to rancour – but there is no peace in division | Thomas Keneally

A desperate opposition may be tempted to stoop to gross opportunism, but we must not set one group of society against another Victims of Bondi beach shootingTen minutes of terror: how the Bondi mass shooting unfolded in real time – videoThe Bondi attack was an unutterably cruel event, all the more horrifying for being ours, and we can’t stop ourselves saying so. It is a sword that fell on the necks of two sets of Australians. Yet again, young Australian Jews will be asking parents why they are hated, and that is heartbreaking. In a different sense, so will young Muslims.During their apparent sojourn in a Campsie B&B, the alleged terrorists could not have been confident of their own survival, but they must have been confident in producing a reaction. It is a matter of civic pride that a Muslim man accosted one of the gunmen and took a weapon from him; a matter of a small yelp of praise and gratitude amid the cruelty. Continue reading...

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26 h. ago Brown University shooting suspect died two days before body discovered, autopsy shows

Suspect killed himself after allegedly killing an MIT professor and two Brown University studentsAn autopsy report on the suspect in the mass shooting at Brown University and the killing of an MIT professor in Massachusetts has shown that he died from by suicide two days before he was found in a storage locker on Thursday.The New Hampshire attorney general’s report estimates that Claudio Manuel Neves Valente, 48, a Portuguese national who had been living in the US, died on 16 December, the same day that his fellow countryman, MIT nuclear physics professor Nuno Loureiro died at a hospital in Massachusetts. Continue reading...

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32 h. ago 'Donald Trump has given white South Africans hope': Refugee fleeing the country for new life in US details horrific torture being inflicted in farm attacks as president is hailed for 'fighting evil'

In October the Trump administration announced it would limit the number of those seeking international protection to 7,500, giving priority to Afrikaner and white South Africans.

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42 h. ago Prime minister backs NSW premier’s call for a royal commission into the Bondi beach terror attack

Anthony Albanese said he would ‘support whatever action the NSW government takes’Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAnthony Albanese has backed a royal commission into last weekend’s attack at Bondi beach, after the NSW premier called for a full “comprehensive look” at the terrorist incident.Speaking to reporters on Saturday the premier, Chris Minns said the state needed a royal commission to probe the mass shooting that killed 15 people. Continue reading...

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43 h. ago ‘This is our church’: Bondi lifesavers gather in their hundreds to honour shooting victims

Arm in arm along the shoreline, locals observed two minutes’ silence in ‘cathartic’ effort to unite the communityVictims of Bondi beach shootingTen minutes of terror: how the Bondi mass shooting unfolded in real time – videoAs he stood silently facing the waves on the Bondi shoreline, arm in arm with nearly 1,000 other lifesavers, Lockie Cook let himself feel the pain of the community’s most traumatic week in living memory.“I feel like that guard’s just dropping,” he said. Continue reading...

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50 h. ago Suspect in Brown University shooting and MIT professor’s killing was once a physics student

Authorities have identified Claudio Neves Valente as the suspect in a mass shooting at Brown University and the killing of an MIT professor

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53 h. ago Tipster hailed for helping authorities identify suspect in Brown shooting

Man known as ‘John’ expected to be eligible for $50,000 reward from FBI for providing details on the suspectThe authorities dealing with the mass shooting at Brown University hailed on Friday a member of the public who came forward with information that helped crack the case and lead to the suspect.A man known publicly so far only as “John” posted key information on the Reddit platform about an encounter with the suspect that caught the attention of investigators, while Reddit users urged him to go to the police with his tips. Continue reading...

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57 h. ago Trump says war with Venezuela is possible – US politics live

President says ‘I don’t rule it out’ when asked about the possibility of conflict during NBC interviewThe Trump administration announced on Thursday it will suspend a green card lottery that allowed a man believed to be behind both a mass shooting at Brown University and the killing of an MIT professor into the United States.Claudio Neves Valente, a 48-year-old Portuguese national, is accused of bursting into a building at the Ivy League school on Saturday and opening fire on students, killing two and wounding nine. Continue reading...

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58 h. ago Suspect in mass shooting at Brown University found dead after six

Claudio Neves Valente, 48, was discovered on Thursday evening at a storage facility in New Hampshire

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59 h. ago A sunrise crowd gathers at Bondi Beach in solace and defiance after a massacre

Thousands of people have returned to Australia's Bondi Beach in the first full day of opening since a mass shooting killed 15 people

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60 h. ago Man suspected in Brown University shooting and MIT professor’s killing is found dead, officials say

Officials say a man who is suspected in last weekend’s mass shooting at Brown University and in the fatal shooting of a Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor has been found dead in a New Hampshire storage facility

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62 h. ago Suspect in Brown University mass shooting is found dead as police link former PhD student, 48, to killing of professor

THE suspect in the Brown University mass shooting has been found dead, cops revealed. Authorities identified the suspect as Claudio Manuel Neves Valente, a 48-year-old former Brown graduate student. Investigators revealed that the suspect, a Portuguese national, took his own life inside a storage facility. He was found with a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Investigators believe...

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